Is it possible to build a super powerful PC that can do extreme complicated 3D animation and special effect without any or with very little lagging?

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"If you look at the last five years, if you look at what major innovations have occurred in computing technology, every single one of them came from AMD. Not a single innovation came from Intel." -- AMD CEO Hector Ruiz in 2007

i actually build a system for 3d, i use maya and zbrush alot, i have amd opteron 170, EVGA 7800gt,and one gig of ram and its great...i dont think you should spend alot for a 3d machine unless your going to render high end full lenght movies....

quote:Originally posted by: zenyorai actually build a system for 3d, i use maya and zbrush alot, i have amd opteron 170, EVGA 7800gt,and one gig of ram and its great...i dont think you should spend alot for a 3d machine unless your going to render high end full lenght movies....

nice system. 2gigs of ram might be better for that kind of computer usage depending on how high end you are going to use it.

i think that the more money you make doing 3d the more you should spend on your tools for doing it.

I agree but if you like to do it. Then DO IT!!!!!!!Right!!!!!! Learn to Read and Research About the Tool's UP's And Downs in and outs. And after all that enjoy!!! Your self doing it at the same time! And then You Can take Pride in Your work!

Have a nice trip! and remember we all learn something everyday we are not All old dog's lol I believe you can teach an ol dog a new trick. And he will learn It Well If you Teach Him Right!

quote:Originally posted by: Unknown ' date='Aug 24 2006, 12:57 AM' post='1364004527']Anything is possible. But you do not mention what programs you'd be using, or how intensive said programs might be in compairson to a system they've been tried on.

Thanks for your reply. Well, the program I am using to do 3d animation is 3ds max. I don't mind to have a long wait for the system to render it become video. But I'm more worry on lagging when doing the modeling. So, what I am asking here is to build a PC that can do quite complicated 3d modeling without any lagging while doing the modeling.

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"If you look at the last five years, if you look at what major innovations have occurred in computing technology, every single one of them came from AMD. Not a single innovation came from Intel." -- AMD CEO Hector Ruiz in 2007

It is the first time I get to know this thing. Thanks for the link. But I am still unsure about it. Is it an add on to the PC?

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"If you look at the last five years, if you look at what major innovations have occurred in computing technology, every single one of them came from AMD. Not a single innovation came from Intel." -- AMD CEO Hector Ruiz in 2007

quote:Originally posted by: zenyoraam i invisible in this thread /ph34r.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="h34r:" border="0" alt="ph34r.gif" />....no its not an add on or a pc..its a render node

seems to me that if the specs on that nvidia one are real then it would be quite a powerful tool for doing 3dwork. perhaps you wouldn't need a really powerful pc and just let that thing do all the work.

quote:Originally posted by: Bruneauinfoseems to me that if the specs on that nvidia one are real then it would be quite a powerful tool for doing 3dwork. perhaps you wouldn't need a really powerful pc and just let that thing do all the work.

Yeah that is what I was thinkg as well if the price is right I might just get one .

guys you cant do 3d on that nvidia thing..its just for rendering ...anyway its up to you to listen to me or not , but i dont think you can afford anyof them becouse those are for animation houses..dude look at the specs and build something similar i build mine base on BOXX dual core setup but with better specs and for cheaper

quote:Originally posted by: zenyoraam i invisible in this thread /ph34r.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="h34r:" border="0" alt="ph34r.gif" />....no its not an add on or a pc..its a render node

Thanks for your reply. So, it is the render node. So, does it work individual? Or it need to work with CPU? If so, how to attach it to the CPU?

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"If you look at the last five years, if you look at what major innovations have occurred in computing technology, every single one of them came from AMD. Not a single innovation came from Intel." -- AMD CEO Hector Ruiz in 2007

well the idea behind a render node is that once you come up with an effect you want to put on a particular video clip (like pretty little flames that are so popular with Combustion demos) you tell your compy to make it happen so you can see it - that's rendering. i.e. drawing, i.e. your computer draws it based on parameters you set, and then the computer creates it "super realistically". believe it or not that's pretty difficult for your gfx card or cpu to do and doesn't happen in real time. so this node thing makes it happen real fast rather than several minutes for just a few seconds of real time effect.

of course i could be wrong. i've been wrong before.

edit: i believe it attaches to your compy via network connection or firewire/usb. you can look at the specs on it. i do agree that the BOXX systems look a whole lot more up your alley though - or some equivalent. their Apexx line looks very nice - with AMD Opterons.